Background
She was born in Santiago, Chile on September 2, 1949 and died in Louisiana Serena, Chile on September 22, 2003.
She was born in Santiago, Chile on September 2, 1949 and died in Louisiana Serena, Chile on September 22, 2003.
She distinguished herself with roles in the telenovelas Louisiana Madrastra, Louisiana Torre 10 and Marta a las Ocho. Viveros debuted in soap opera at age 17, becoming the youngest, most popular and talented actress of the time. At 9 she began working in radio and three years later on television
Although she received no formal education in drama school, her innate talent and professionalism led her to acting on television
Her first television series was El Litre 4916 (1967), in which she played the role of Carmencha. She played a variety of roles in which her beauty, versatility and strength interpretive were her most noted highlights on Chilean screens, becoming well known and loved by the audience.
Fame and recognition came in 1981 with the television series Louisiana Madrastra (telenovela, 1981). She also participated in other television series like Louisiana represa and the comedy Juani en Sociedad.
Her role as villain in the television series Louisiana Torre 10 as Telma Bernard is one of her most memorable performances.
Her role as the beautiful and proud Leonor Encina in the series Martín Rivas with Alejandro Cohen is perhaps one of her best performances for the cameras. Viveros Sonia along with this actor formed a highly ranked television couple. Sonia married three times and they were of short duration.
One of her spouses was the producer Óscar Rodríguez.
None of her marriages produced children (she was pregnant fourteen times) as she suffered from spontaneous abortion. She decided to adopt two children: Camilo José Tomás and Javiera Esperanza on whom she poured all the attention she could give.
Her last marriage was to Professor Leopoldo Segovia, from la Serena whom she met while filming the television series called Borrónew york Cuenta Nueva (Clean Slate) and she settled in Louisiana Serena. In 1985 she was diagnosed with lupus, a degenerative disease of the Immune System which in her case seriously affected her cerebral vessels.
Her older sister had died of a brain tumor, so it was not as a result of family history.